Print
Permanent LinkRepresentative J. W. Frizzell View All Years
JOHN WILFORD FRIZZELL, farmer and legislator, died at Grinnell, Iowa, April 22, 1946; born at Brooklyn, Iowa, January 10, 1865, the son of Thomas and Margaret Frizzell; married June Sleggel, February 17, 1892; made their home on a farm near Brooklyn until 1915 when they removed to Brooklyn where they have since resided; the wife died in 1935 and a son, Lee, also preceded him in death; surviving are a son, Wayne Frizzell, Brooklyn; two daughters, Mrs. Frank Ritter, Grinnell, and Mrs. Charles Reading, Kansas City; active at Brooklyn, serving as member of the town council and as Poweshiek county supervisor, also in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1933 for five sessions; active member in the I. O. O. F. lodge circles, a past grand patriarch, past department commander and a representative to the Sovereign Grand lodge; also a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Elks and a Democrat.